Learn Levantine Arabic question words and most common questions.
To form basic conversation you will need to know very important question words like when, who, where etc.
In this post we provide all Levantine Arabic question words with simplified pronunciation if you can’t read Arabic.
We will also give you examples of 20 short, frequently used questions in Levantine Arabic that you can simply memorize and use right away during simple conversation with native speaker.
If you know question words in Levantine Arabic skip to the end of this lesson and check yourself with our Quiz.
All materials for learning Levantine dialect you can find here: Levantine dialect resources.
Question Words in Levantine Arabic
| Who | مين | meen |
| Where | وين | wein |
| What | شو أَيْش | shou eish |
| When | متى أَيْمْتَى | mataa eymtaa |
| Why | ليش ليه | leish leeih |
| How | كيف | keef |
| Which | أَيّ | ayy |
| Whose | لَمين | lameen |
| How much/how many | كَم قَدَّيْش | kam qaddaysh |
20 common questions in Levantine Arabic
| What is your name? شو اسْمَك [shou ismak] – asking a man شو اسْمِك [shou ismek] – asking a woman |
| Where are you from? من وين انْتَ [min wein inta] – asking a man من وين انْتِ [min wein inti] – asking a woman |
| What’s your job? شو شُغْلَك [shou shughlak] – asking a man شو شُغْلِك [shou shughlik] – asking a woman |
| How old are you? كَم عُمْرَك [kam 3omrak] – asking a man كَم عُمْرِك [kam 3omrik] – asking a woman |
| What time is it? كَم الساعَة [kam es-saa3a] |
| What is this? شو هاد [shou haad] |
| Who is this? مين هاد [meen haad] – speaking about a man مين هاي [meen haay] – speaking about a woman |
| How are you? كيف حالَك [keef Haalak] – asking a man كيف حالِك [keef Haalik] – asking a woman |
| Do you speak Arabic/ English? بْتِحْكي إنْجْليزي [btiHki injliizi] – do you speak English? بْتِحْكي عربي [btiHki 3arabi] – do you speak Arabic? |
| Where do you live? وين ساكِن [wein saakin] – asking a man وين ساكْنِة [wein saakneh] – asking a woman |
| Are you married? انتَ مِتْزَوِّج [inta mitzawwij] – to a man انتِ مِتْزَوّجِة [inti mitzawwjeh] – to a woman |
| What are you doing? شو بْتِعْمِل [shou bti3mil] – to a man شو بْتِعْمِلي [shou bti3mili] – to a woman |
| How much is it? كَم سِعْرُه [kam si3ro] |
| What’s wrong? شو في [shou fee] |
| What does this mean? شو يَعْني [shou ya3ni] |
| What’s your number? شو رَقَمَك [shou raqamak] – asking a man شو رَقَمِك [shou raqamik] – asking a woman |
| What happened? شو صار [shou Saar] |
| How can I help you? كيف مُمْكِن أساعْدَك [keef mumkin asaa3dak] – asking a man كيف مُمْكِن أساعْدِك [keef mumkin asaa3dik] – asking a woman |
| What’s new with you? شو أخْبارَك [shou akhbaarak] – to a man شو أخْبارِك [shou akhbaarik] – to a woman |
| What do you think? شو رَأيَك [shou ra’yak] – to a man شو رَأيِك [shou ra’yek] – to a woman |
Quiz Levantine Arabic Question Words
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Levantine Arabic Question Words
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